Kaisen, sitting in his seat, cracked his knuckles. Gryffindor, the four little ones, four people, Dumbledore had crazily added two hundred and fifty points for them.
Hiss...
Silence…
Still silence…
Continued silence…
He subtly looked up at Dumbledore, then at Snape…
Forget it, he might as well eat.
After the feast, he browsed in the office. He finally hand-crafted an obsidian crystal ball base, hoping Professor Trelawney, as a Divination teacher, would like this gift.
Last time he returned from France, he seemed to have given her tarot cards, but he always felt that Professor Trelawney didn't seem to like that gift very much, although she still reciprocated by pulling him aside, wanting to give him a death prophecy.
From that time until now, Kaisen had been so scared that he hadn't approached her old lady's classroom for a long time.
"I hope my death will be a little gentler this time," he muttered, about to knock on the door, and then the door suddenly opened before his knuckles touched the wood.
"The All-Seeing Eye told me you needed help, but it seems you're faster than me," Professor Trelawney said without looking at him.
"Oh… a gift." Kaisen didn't know what to say for a moment and handed over the obsidian base in his hand.
"Thanks, Uruguay, Minas, Kiras, Knockturn Alley, and here." Trelawney moved out a large, murky, constantly flowing crystal and shoved it into Kaisen's arms.
"Uh… thank you." Kaisen nodded awkwardly. Only then did he notice Professor Trelawney's unusual state.
He had heard Dumbledore say before that Professor Trelawney's ancestors were very powerful seers, and Professor Trelawney had inherited this ability of prophecy.
Although it sometimes didn't work, when it did, it was truly effective, and Professor Trelawney at this moment should have entered that state of accurate prophecy.
After saying goodbye, Kaisen, carrying the crystal and leaving Professor Trelawney's territory, awkwardly ran into Professor McGonagall passing by, and then he remembered that he, by all accounts, still knew a few magic spells.
He waved his hand, and the huge crystal in his arms floated up.
"Hmm? This is from Trelawney?" Professor McGonagall said with some surprise.
"Yes."
"How strange, she was actually reliable for once," Professor McGonagall said in surprise.
"Indeed, well, I'll go back and study this big fellow first." Kaisen returned to his office with the huge crystal, took out a tiny, impossibly small diamond pickaxe, and gently tapped the huge crystal.
A small fragment fell off. He picked it up and placed it in all six crystal slots on the Arcane Workbench, finally putting it in the chaotic magic crystal slot.
"Chaos, is it because the future is chaotic and unpredictable that chaotic crystals are used for divination?" Kaisen murmured, placing the huge crystal in the corner of the office and circling the location of the chaotic crystal on the parchment on the desk.
After doing all this, he took out a world map and circled the place names Professor Trelawney had mentioned with a quill.
They were all famous crystal mines in various parts of the world, but Kaisen thought that if he could directly excavate crystals from those veins, he wouldn't need to search for them in mines; he could just go to the Muggle crystal market and find everything within an hour.
"It seems these magic crystals are likely very scarce, requiring me to venture deep in alone."
He stretched in his chair, pulled out the magic manual again, and began to study it.
The next day…
Splash… gurgle gurgle gurgle…
Splash… gurgle gurgle gurgle…
After splashing water on his face, Kaisen returned to his desk. Eating books all night yesterday was somewhat useful; for example, he found a way to upgrade wands.
He pulled out a Galleon and fiddled with it in his hand. Soon, a wand tip was hand-crafted by him and securely installed on the end of the wand.
This thing didn't seem to have any immediate use yet, but according to the magic in the magic manual, only this way could it be considered a complete wand, or rather, a staff.
"Next semester's classes are going to be great," Kaisen said, putting the staff back into his sleeve and slowly leaving the office. There were no classes today, or rather, no classes in the entire Hogwarts.
All the Little Wizards were orderly walking towards Hogsmeade Station, embarking on their journey home.
As for Kaisen, after eating breakfast and greeting a few Professors, he directly used Ender Teleportation to Knockturn Alley.
Knockturn Alley actually had quite a few shops, but because most Dark Wizards had little money and loved "zero-dollar shopping," plus there wasn't much foot traffic, most of them were half-dead.
Only a few shop owners with good Dark Arts skills and excellent products could thrive here, represented by a shop called Borgin and Burkes.
At least in Kaisen's opinion, as long as one stepped within the radiated area of Borgin and Burkes, even those Dark Wizards who reeked and hadn't bathed in who knows how long became significantly fewer, as if they feared the owner within.
Squeak…
"Boss, your shop door needs oiling." After passively hearing a strange sound like fingernails scraping glass, Kaisen said to Borgin and Burkes, the owner behind the counter, with a disgusted look.
"I will obey your will, Professor Kaisen," Borgin and Burkes said with a fawning smile.
"...Is my reputation that big?" Kaisen asked in surprise.
"Indeed, Professor Kaisen, what do you need?"
"I need magic crystals, any crystals, but I need to check their composition. Perhaps I'll knock off a bit from some not-so-important places."
"No problem at all," Borgin and Burkes said, waving his wand, and three huge lumps of magic crystals flew out from inside the room.
Seeing this, Kaisen took out a miniaturized diamond pickaxe, chipped off a tiny bit from one lump, then took out his portable Arcane Workbench, and began experimenting.
Soon…
"I'm very sorry, Mr. Borgin, these magic crystals are of no use to me. Please name a compensation price, as I chipped off a bit from them."
"Uh…" Borgin and Burkes leaned forward and held up three fingers.
Kaisen nodded and placed three Galleons on the counter.
Only after Kaisen left Borgin and Burkes did Borgin and Burkes collect the three Galleons: "As expected of an Alchemist."
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